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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1925
Page
2
The season opens with a welterweight showdown between Cal Farley and Teddy Waters after a day of rest. Farley trains hard for no injuries, Waters travels from Kansas via Amarillo, and preliminaries begin at 8 with Tolzein Farwell providing music.
Rule of thumb on scoring plays within the scoring zone. Coaches exploit weak defenses using time and field position. Fast, low runners suit tight zones. forward passes are risky but sometimes work. When time is short, a ramble may be worthwhile.
Canyon October 21 The Buffaloes adopt We Beat Clarendon Now Denton to hype home coming against the Denton Eagles October 31 The rivalry dates back and scores have been close 13 to 7 in prior games Fans anticipate the largest Buffalo Park crowd with ex students from three states planning to attend and bleachers being set up to seat them all.
In San Antonio, Oct 21, bids to buy the North Beach Hotel at Corpus Christi are reopened by the war veterans bureau. Seven offers from 10,000 to 26,000 were previously rejected by General Frank T. Hines. The site, once a U S Public Health Service hospital, was bought for 140,600 but ruined by the 1919 flood.
Groom High School Tigers prepare to host White Deer this Friday at 4 o clock in the season’s marquee game. Captain Davis and Coach Cubine push for a strong lineup as the Tigers boast a sharp backfield and solid line in fine form for the contest.
Louisville champions of the American Association arrived in San Francisco for a series with the Seals starting tomorrow. The 25 man Louisville squad held a workout today at Recreation Park ahead of the games.
Q A covers K C Philee starting pro boxing in 1921 and Yale and Army football meeting on October 31 in New Haven Connecticut. It notes Lil Stoner’s 1924 pitching record of 11 wins and 11 losses and Ohio State Illinois score 9 7 in 1919 Big Ten title hinge game.
Forest Rosenberger aged 16 died in Murphysboro Illinois from infection developing after a skull fracture suffered in a high school football game at Percy two weeks earlier.
The Pirates cracked but the Senators felt it most. Bucky Harris is soon to leave for Europe. Landis says the World Series must start earlier next year. Dutch Ruether is praised as a top left hander. Fans paid 1,182,000 dollars to see the spectacle. Smith didn’t hit and Johnson’s speed is questioned. McGraw’s planning and Cuyler’s double are noted highlights. Washington’s previous title sparing the nation is mentioned with humor.
The Wichita Falls Daily Times sports editor notes Amarillo’s Golden Sandstorm suffered a real upset as Plainview High School defeated them. Amarillo had dominated the northern Texas district in past seasons, but in this opener Plainview capitalized early and quieted predictions.
The Boston National Baseball Club paid double tribute to late president Christy Mathewson at its annual meeting. It elected his son Christopher Jr as a director and elected Judge Emil B. Fuchs as president with Albert H. Powell as vice president and treasurer.
Charles Dyer, captain and tackle from Amarillo, comes from the Gold en Sandstorm program. A strong leader, he keeps his men focused and plays a hard, consistent game weighing 197 pounds as he prepares to whip them into Saturday action.
Clarendon, Oct. 21. The Clarendon College Bulldogs fill their open date with the Goodwell Oklahoma Indians. The Junior Aggies visit November 18 for a game, first meeting in two years. The Oklahoma outfit is said to be greatly improved and in good form this season.
Vienna report says Austria's famed portraitist Henrich von Angell died at 85. He painted Queen Victoria and much of British royalty, plus Emperors William and Frederick, Empress Victoria of Germany, Empress Maria Feodorovna, Moltke, and the Prince of Wales. Born 1840 in Oedenburg, he studied in Vienna and Düsseldorf. He was regarded as the era's greatest living celebrity in portraiture.
Federal officers use a metal detector devised by Ed Sherwood to probe an 28 acre tract along the Castroville road eight miles from San Antonio in hopes of locating part of the Rondout Illinois mail robbery loot. Digging begins Thursday at indicated points as the team searches for hidden treasure.
Commission members said new funds would be offset by city improvements. Shortly needed expenditures include Subway 82000 fire station 25000 sewerage disposal plant 10000 new sewer fines 60000 and other items totaling 150000.
Secretary Work outlined a broad conservation policy in his report on the Interior Department’s year work. He urged practical use with waste elimination, a Colorado river development survey, expanded water power to conserve coal, soil fertility in farming regions, and a unified Alaskan administration under one cabinet officer for efficiency.
A thief entered a local bath house last night and stole three bathing suits and a safety razor while leaving other items undisturbed. The incident occurred as the summer bathing season winds down in Corpus Christi. A Galveston delegation plans to travel Friday to Port Arthur for the annual convention of the intra-coastal canal association.
Houston mayor Oscar F. Holcombe named a three member committee to study a plan backed by railroad men and engineers for a city ordinance requiring a full stop at railroad crossings. In Cleveland a commissary post office at Gladstell, a small saw mill town 3 miles south of here, was robbed Tuesday night with $300 stolen and the safe dynamited.
In Austin on Wednesday Oscar J Fox selected forty University of Texas singers for the Glee Club for the year. The roster includes nine tenors ten second tenors 12 first basses and nine second basses. Children from the Texas school for the blind joined local children in giving a free will offering of 24.65 dollars to the fund for restoring the USS Constitution known as Old Ironsides highlighting its naval history.
In Austin, James W. Bass, collector of internal revenue, says the proposed Mellon tax cut would save the southern Texas district about 1.5 million dollars next year if enacted. The report appears as part of a broader coverage of federal income tax changes.
Emma Westcott, a San Antonio public schools veteran of fifty years, died at her home this morning. A Charleston, South Carolina native, she moved to San Antonio in her youth.
A budget committee report presented at a special meeting in San Antonio recommends a campaign goal of $428,062 to be raised in the Community Chest drive starting November 9. The proposal outlines funding needs and allocations for local services and agencies.
Austin's city manager plan charter amendments were upheld by the court of last resort as the supreme court declined to review the third civil appeals ruling. The mandamus case seeking to force an election for mayor and commissioners was set for Supreme Court arguments on November 4.
Hearings in United States court here have been continued until October 29. The delay affects a case charging jury tampering in connection with the Pat Marr trial.
About 200 Kansas City Southern officials are expected in Texarkana Friday to discuss eliminating waste and damage to goods in transit during a conference examining railroad freight practices and handling.
New York Oct 21 The federal trade commission expands its inquiry into Radio Corporation of America and related firms to Europe examining the status of the Russian General Electric company once active in Moscow. Percy M Haight testifies International General Electric held 16.66 percent of the Russian firm and notes ownership in European electrical interests. He says RCA owns 12 416 preferred and 75 076 common shares. Tomorrow the commission considers Westinghouse and its affiliations.
Washington leaders announce a national plan to replace the First Congregational Church with a new $1,250,000 building to symbolize the denomination. The national council will vote on funding and support efforts led by Rev. Jason Noble Pierce, the president's pastor, during the convention’s sessions.
The report notes work begun on Duke University South Building in Durham, honoring James B. Duke. September permits included the Masonic Temple in New Orleans and the Hotel Caring in Jacksonville, among many projects in Miami Beach, Tampa, Sarasota, Birmingham, and more. Leading cities by value: Miami, Tampa, Washington, St. Louis, Baltimore, Kansas City, St. Petersburg, Durham, Miami, New Orleans, Louisville.
Austin, Oct 21. State representative Tom Deberry of Bogota said a proposed special session should focus on disease control. He stressed investigations will continue, and the top needed legislation is aid to combat foot and mouth disease.
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